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Why You Want Your Lamb Chops to Taste Like a Bagel

by Adina Steiman

on 09/03/14 at 05:26 PM

Regardless of whether you've been tracking America's great bagel renaissance, you probably have a weakness for the savory, crunchy blend of sesame seeds, poppy seeds, coarse salt, and savory bites of garlic and onion that defines the everything bagel.

Now, thanks to the ingenuity of Epicurious food editor Rhoda Boone, there's no need to limit that addictive flavor to the breakfast (or brunch) table. Fact is, when you sizzle those bagel spices in olive oil, they're transformed into an addictive condiment that enhances pretty much everything it touches (including the yogurt sauce for these lamb chops).

Just follow Rhoda's lead and use the extra everything-bagel oil as an instant secret weapon to bump up the flavor of, well, everything--creamy soups, roasted or steamed vegetables, rotisserie chicken, storebought (or homemade) hummus. You can even come full circle and use it as a dip for bread. Technically, you could even dip an everything bagel into everything-bagel oil, but that would create a quantum singularity that would destroy all life on Earth. So yeah, maybe just try it on hummus.